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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024taw•dry /ˈtɔdri/USA pronunciation adj., -dri•er, -dri•est. - showy and cheap;
gaudy:wearing a tawdry outfit. - shameful;
immoral:involved in a tawdry affair.
taw•dri•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024taw•dry (tô′drē),USA pronunciation adj., -dri•er, -dri•est, n. adj. - (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy;
showy and cheap. - low or mean;
base:tawdry motives.
n. - cheap, gaudy apparel.
- 1605–15; short for (Sain)t Audrey lace, i.e., neck lace bought at St. Audrey's Fair in Ely, England; so called after St. Audrey (Old English Aethelthrȳth, died 679), Northumbrian queen and patron saint of Ely, who, according to tradition, died of a throat tumor which she considered just punishment of her youthful liking for neck laces
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flashy, meretricious.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged elegant.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tawdry /ˈtɔːdrɪ/ adj ( -drier, -driest)- cheap, showy, and of poor quality: tawdry jewellery
Etymology: 16th Century tawdry lace, shortened and altered from Seynt Audries lace, finery sold at the fair of St Audrey (Etheldrida), 7th-century queen of Northumbria and patron saint of Ely, Cambridgeshireˈtawdrily adv ˈtawdriness n |